I can't believe we've been working on BlogDumps for four years now! It's crazy, I feel like just yesterday we were playing around, trying to figure out how this whole building a website thing would work.
We started in basic HTML with a black and red layout and basic graphics. Then we grew as we learned! You can checkout our progress through the WayBack Machine Sometimes I check it out to see how far we have progressed LOL!
I love the friends I've made and the things I've learned while visiting their blogs. From different cultures to political perspectives and random thoughts and rants - no matter how short or long the posts everyone is a lesson learned.
Sometimes I compare site designs and layouts, trying to use everything I see.
Sometimes I am flabbergasted by the things I see or read and other times I am amazed at the creativity and talent of others.
Without BlogDumps I wouldn't have had the pleasure of visiting, reading, and viewing most of your blogs! You probably would have never visited me either come to think of it...
But after four years want to know the biggest lesson I've learned?
Evolve.
Everyday is something new. Sometimes although we are scared of change it happens and we have to change to move. There's nothing wrong with changing a layout or design, sometimes as your site grows and as the world turns a new layout or new colors are important.
If you see something you like on the web, try to incorporate it into your site - if you like it so will other people.
Sometimes just simplifying things is the change you need. If your site loads slow, get rid of some of the extra unnecessary things on your site. If your colors are everywhere, try lightening the mood LOL
I am so happy that BlogDumps has Lasted for so long - four years doesn't seem like much, but in the virtual world, it's a lifetime LOL
Happy Birthday BlogDumps!
--Trina
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Tagged: Birthday, blogdumps, BlogDumps Birthday, Tuesday Meme July 26, 2010
I grew up in the South, just outside of Houston, Texas, and while I know that it's hot here in Delaware now, I am thankful that it won't last long. Summers here tend to be short and hot. The temperatures seen to be unbearable for only a few day and then a front come through and cools everything off for a few days and then the temperatures skyrocket again - it seems to only get amazing hot though for a couple months. I remember that in the South even night-time didn't bring any relief.
So What am I Doing to Stay Cool?
#1 -- Avoiding the Sun. I am one of those really fair skinned people who get burned really easy so I tend to stick to the shade and if I'm going to be out a while I actually use SPF 75! I've had enough sunburns in my life to know that I don't EVER want another one!
#2 -- Cool Showers. After a long day in the heat of the shop nothing is more satisfying than a nice cool shower.
#3 -- Air Conditioning. On really hot days if we want to do something we make sure that something has an air conditioner! Things like shopping or walking around a museum are amazing because I am not the one paying the AC bill to keep everything so cold! Gosh I can imagine my meter spinning now just thinking of keeping my house at 70 degrees.
#4 -- Go to the beach. There is always a nice cool breeze at the beach and if there's not one cool enough just get in the water!
#5 -- Sleeping with Fans. I used to keep the house at 68 degrees at night, but in an effort to save energy I have upped the night time temperature to 73 and pointed a fan right at my bed! It's amazing! The lull of the fan puts me right out and I'm ice cold all night. I switched from my comforter to just a sheet too, that made a huge difference!
Stay cool everyone!
--Trina
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Tagged: blogdumps, Top sites Tuesday July 20, 2010
Thought #1: While Mondays are normally amazingly annoying I must say that yesterday was no exception. It started Sunday Night. Knowing that I had to be up and in a town and hour and a half away by 8:45 AM I could not fall asleep. Yep, I stayed awake, staring at the ceiling, waiting for sleep to come... it finally did around 2 am. So, yeah, I got all of 3 hours sleep. Then first thing in the morning we had to play the banking game.
I'm sure your familiar with it - you know when a company you order from charges you twice and overdraws an account. That's always so much fun to do on a Monday Morning! You gotta wait for the banks to open, then you gotta wait for the company you ordered from to open because they just happen to be in another time zone! Then you have to argues with both the bank and that company until they all realize that YOU are correct at which time they finally decide to reimburse you! WOO HOO!
After the banking game we were notified by Google that one of our bloggers was violating terms of service and they were going to close our Adwords account if it was not made compliant. So after reviewing the site they said was violating terms I discovered that it was not the blogger, but the spammers. Yep, the SPAM comments were destroying the site. They set every comment to approve and did not activate their SPAM catcher, so after deleting 13,000 spam comments (20 at a time) I finally had the site in compliance. I activated a SPAM catcher and set comments to have to be approved. I notified the blogger who thanked me, they didn't know what to do and their blog had gotten so over-run that they were overwhelmed.
By 3 in the afternoon, the day got better. We weere called and asked if we wanted to take a short trip to Sam's Club in Salisbury and then dinner at the mall. Sam's was great. We picked up a nice cake for Wolfbernz (Strawberry and Key Lime) Chai tea for me and formula for Baby Jacob... very productive! Then dinner at the mall, the Japanese teriaki place (Oh so good!) I love how they cook everything right in front of you!
While eating dinner I couldn't but help watching the girl at the pretzel place digging in her nose... seriously I thought she was going for gold! She didn't even wash her hands when some people walked up and bought food from her YUCK!! I will never eat pretzels from there... ever!
Thought #2: Thank god Monday is over!
Have a wonderful Tuesday Everyone!
--Trina
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Tagged: blogdumps, Top sites Tuesday, Tuesday Meme July 13, 2010
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